Cloud Forest Birdwatching at Cloudbridge
Private tour
Your tour guide:
Hello and welcome to the magic of the cloud forest! As passionate local guides at Cloudbridge Nature Reserve, our mission is to connect travelers from all walks of life with Costa Rica’s incredible and vibrant biodiversity. Our tours are designed to be engaging, educational, and highly accessible for everyone—whether you are traveling with family, on a solo adventure, or looking to capture the perfect wildlife photograph. Join us to uncover the hidden wonders of Cloudbridge and experience nature in its purest form!
About this tour
Immerse yourself in the breathtaking canopy of Cloudbridge Nature Reserve, a premier birding destination nestled in Costa Rica’s Talamanca mountains. Home to over 300 species, this cloud forest offers a spectacular setting for an unforgettable wildlife experience. Whether you are a lifelong birder looking to check off endemic species or a nature lover holding binoculars for the first time, this tour is fully customized to your pace and experience level. What we will do: Search for Iconic Species: We will explore pristine trails looking for the magnificent Resplendent Quetzal, exotic hummingbirds, elegant toucanets, and regional endemics. Expert Spotting: Your local guide will carry a professional spotting scope, ensuring you get crisp, up-close views and great smartphone photos through the lens. Learn and Connect: Discover the fascinating behaviors of cloud forest birds and the inspiring history of Cloudbridge’s reforestation project. Who is this for? This tour is perfect for everyone—families, solo travelers, and photography enthusiasts. We adjust the walking difficulty and focus based on your preferences to ensure a memorable morning in nature.
Target Species
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Setophaga coronata
Blue-and-white Swallow
Pygochelidon cyanoleuca
Southern Rough-winged Swallow
Stelgidopteryx ruficollis
Scaly-breasted Wren
Microcerculus marginatus
Prothonotary Warbler
Protonotaria citrea
Black-thighed Grosbeak
Pheucticus tibialis
Cherrie’s Tanager
Ramphocelus costaricensis
Slaty-tailed Trogon
Trogon massena
Red-eyed Vireo
Vireo olivaceus
Silvery-throated Jay
Cyanolyca argentigula
Mountain Thrush
Turdus plebejus
Swainson's Thrush
Catharus ustulatus
American Dipper
Cinclus mexicanus
Kentucky Warbler
Geothlypis formosa
Golden-winged Warbler
Vermivora chrysoptera
Slaty Antwren
Myrmotherula schisticolor
Buffy Tuftedcheek
Pseudocolaptes lawrencii
Resplendent Quetzal
Pharomachrus mocinno
Violet Sabrewing
Campylopterus hemileucurus
Fiery-throated Hummingbird
Panterpe insignis
Three-wattled Bellbird
Procnias tricarunculatus
Rufous-tailed Hummingbird
Amazilia tzacatl
Crimson-fronted Parakeet
Psittacara finschi
Yellow-bellied Siskin
Spinus xanthogastrus
Yellow-throated Warbler
Setophaga dominica
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Empidonax flaviventris
Ornate Hawk-Eagle
Spizaetus ornatus
Ovenbird
Seiurus aurocapilla
Blue-black Grosbeak
Cyanoloxia cyanoides
Yellow-olive Flycatcher
Tolmomyias sulphurescens
Black-and-white Warbler
Mniotilta varia
Speckled Tanager
Ixothraupis guttata
Sooty-faced Finch
Arremon crassirostris
Lineated Foliage-gleaner
Syndactyla subalaris
Golden-browed Chlorophonia
Chlorophonia callophrys
Dark Pewee
Contopus lugubris
Rufous-breasted Wren
Pheugopedius rutilus
Ruddy-capped Nightingale-Thrush
Catharus frantzii
Band-tailed Pigeon
Patagioenas fasciata
White-throated Mountain-gem
Lampornis castaneoventris
Garden Emerald
Chlorostilbon assimilis
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Sphyrapicus varius
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Contopus virens
Black-cheeked Warbler
Basileuterus melanogenys
Black-striped Sparrow
Arremonops conirostris
Black-capped Flycatcher
Empidonax atriceps
Blue-vented Hummingbird
Saucerottia hoffmanni
Riverside Wren
Cantorchilus semibadius
Scarlet-rumped Tanager
Ramphocelus passerinii
Scintillant Hummingbird
Selasphorus scintilla
Streaked Flycatcher
Myiodynastes maculatus
Northern Emerald-Toucanet
Aulacorhynchus prasinus
Olivaceous Woodcreeper
Sittasomus griseicapillus
Black Vulture
Coragyps atratus
Lesser Greenlet
Pachysylvia decurtatus
Magnificent Frigatebird
Fregata magnificens
Red-legged Honeycreeper
Cyanerpes cyaneus
Green Honeycreeper
Chlorophanes spiza
Lesser Violetear
Colibri cyanotus
Rufous-winged Woodpecker
Piculus simplex
Swainson's Hawk
Buteo swainsoni
Rufous-browed Peppershrike
Cyclarhis gujanensis
Variable Seedeater
Sporophila corvina
Plain-breasted Ground Dove
Columbina minuta
Stripe-tailed Hummingbird
Eupherusa eximia
Green-crowned Brilliant
Heliodoxa jacula
Canada Warbler
Cardellina canadensis
White-tailed Emerald
Microchera chionura
Acorn Woodpecker
Melanerpes formicivorus
Tropical Mockingbird
Mimus gilvus
Black-breasted Wood-Quail
Odontophorus leucolaemus
Ochraceous Wren
Troglodytes ochraceus
Brown-hooded Parrot
Pyrilia haematotis
Tawny-winged Woodcreeper
Dendrocincla anabatina
Elegant Euphonia
Chlorophonia elegantissima
Olive-streaked Flycatcher
Mionectes olivaceus
Clay-colored Thrush
Turdus grayi
Great Kiskadee
Pitangus sulphuratus
Bananaquit
Coereba flaveola
Wedge-billed Woodcreeper
Glyphorynchus spirurus
Blue Seedeater
Amaurospiza concolor
Ruddy Treerunner
Margarornis rubiginosus
Costa Rican Warbler
Basileuterus melanotis
Blue-gray Tanager
Thraupis episcopus
White-throated Thrush
Turdus assimilis
Barred Becard
Pachyramphus versicolor
Rough-legged Tyrannulet
Phyllomyias burmeisteri
Ochre-bellied Flycatcher
Mionectes oleagineus
Yellow-headed Caracara
Milvago chimachima
Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher
Myiodynastes luteiventris
Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift
Panyptila cayennensis
Roadside Hawk
Rupornis magnirostris
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Stelgidopteryx serripennis
Northern Tropical Pewee
Contopus bogotensis
Yellow-bellied Elaenia
Elaenia flavogaster
Least Flycatcher
Empidonax minimus
Ruddy Ground Dove
Columbina talpacoti
Mistletoe Tyrannulet
Zimmerius parvus
Double-toothed Kite
Harpagus bidentatus
Gray-breasted Wood-Wren
Henicorhina leucophrys
Brown-capped Vireo
Vireo leucophrys
Osprey
Pandion haliaetus
Great Tinamou
Tinamus major
Ruddy Pigeon
Patagioenas subvinacea
Silver-throated Tanager
Tangara icterocephala
Baltimore Oriole
Icterus galbula
Social Flycatcher
Myiozetetes similis
Chestnut-collared Swift
Streptoprocne rutila
Southern House Wren
Troglodytes musculus
Red-headed Barbet
Eubucco bourcierii
Morelet's Seedeater
Sporophila morelleti
Turkey Vulture
Cathartes aura
Laughing Falcon
Herpetotheres cachinnans
Masked Tityra
Tityra semifasciata
White-tipped Dove
Leptotila verreauxi
Ruddy Quail-Dove
Geotrygon montana
Buff-fronted Quail-Dove
Zentrygon costaricensis
Lineated Woodpecker
Dryocopus lineatus
Unspotted Saw-whet Owl
Aegolius ridgwayi
Gray-capped Flycatcher
Myiozetetes granadensis
Scarlet-thighed Dacnis
Dacnis venusta
Palm Tanager
Thraupis palmarum
Wood Thrush
Hylocichla mustelina
Tennessee Warbler
Leiothlypis peregrina
Golden-crowned Warbler
Basileuterus culicivorus
Gray-cowled Wood-Rail
Aramides cajaneus
Northern Plain Xenops
Xenops mexicanus
Striped Owl
Asio clamator
Mourning Warbler
Geothlypis philadelphia
Thick-billed Seed-Finch
Sporophila funerea
Great Egret
Ardea alba
Melodious Blackbird
Dives dives
Tropical Parula
Setophaga pitiayumi
White-breasted Wood-Wren
Henicorhina leucosticta
Gray-headed Dove
Leptotila plumbeiceps
Lesson’s Motmot
Momotus lessonii
Volcano Hummingbird
Selasphorus flammula
Flame-throated Warbler
Oreothlypis gutturalis
Lesser Elaenia
Elaenia chiriquensis
Bronzed Cowbird
Molothrus aeneus
Buff-rumped Warbler
Myiothlypis fulvicauda
Wilson's Warbler
Cardellina pusilla
Yellow-crowned Euphonia
Euphonia luteicapilla
Streaked Saltator
Saltator striatipectus
Great Black Hawk
Buteogallus urubitinga
Bay-headed Tanager
Tangara gyrola
White-crowned Parrot
Pionus senilis
Dusky-capped Flycatcher
Myiarchus tuberculifer
Collared Redstart
Myioborus torquatus
Brown Violetear
Colibri delphinae
Lesser Goldfinch
Spinus psaltria
White-necked Jacobin
Florisuga mellivora
Slate-throated Redstart
Myioborus miniatus
Slaty-capped Flycatcher
Leptopogon superciliaris
Violet-headed Hummingbird
Klais guimeti
Green Hermit
Phaethornis guy
Common Tody-Flycatcher
Todirostrum cinereum
Shining Honeycreeper
Cyanerpes lucidus
Smooth-billed Ani
Crotophaga ani
Gray-headed Tanager
Eucometis penicillata
White-throated Spadebill
Platyrinchus mystaceus
Buff-throated Saltator
Saltator maximus
Green-fronted Lancebill
Doryfera ludovicae
Magenta-throated Woodstar
Philodice bryantae
Mottled Owl
Ciccaba virgata
Fiery-billed Aracari
Pteroglossus frantzii
Yellow-green Vireo
Vireo flavoviridis
Tawny-throated Leaftosser
Sclerurus mexicanus
Purple-throated Mountain-gem
Lampornis calolaemus
Tufted Flycatcher
Mitrephanes phaeocercus
Fasciated Tiger-Heron
Tigrisoma fasciatum
Large-footed Finch
Pezopetes capitalis
Bright-rumped Attila
Attila spadiceus
Gray-headed Kite
Leptodon cayanensis
Black-banded Woodcreeper
Dendrocolaptes picumnus
Townsend's Warbler
Setophaga townsendi
House Sparrow
Passer domesticus
Sulphur-winged Parakeet
Pyrrhura hoffmanni
Stripe-throated Hermit
Phaethornis striigularis
Mountain Elaenia
Elaenia frantzii
Hepatic Tanager
Piranga flava
Blackburnian Warbler
Setophaga fusca
Yellow-faced Grassquit
Tiaris olivaceus
MacGillivray's Warbler
Geothlypis tolmiei
Boat-billed Flycatcher
Megarynchus pitangua
Yellow-billed Cacique
Amblycercus holosericeus
Chiriqui Quail-Dove
Zentrygon chiriquensis
Red-faced Spinetail
Cranioleuca erythrops
Red-crowned Woodpecker
Melanerpes rubricapillus
Red-fronted Parrotlet
Touit costaricensis
Scaled Pigeon
Patagioenas speciosa
Broad-winged Hawk
Buteo platypterus
Yellow-thighed Brushfinch
Atlapetes tibialis
Spotted Woodcreeper
Xiphorhynchus erythropygius
Brown-billed Scythebill
Campylorhamphus pusillus
Silvery-fronted Tapaculo
Scytalopus argentifrons
Bronzy Hermit
Glaucis aeneus
Dusky Antbird
Cercomacroides tyrannina
Yellow-throated Euphonia
Euphonia hirundinacea
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Contopus cooperi
Spot-crowned Euphonia
Euphonia imitans
Blue Dacnis
Dacnis cayana
Streak-breasted Treehunter
Thripadectes rufobrunneus
Buffy-crowned Wood-Partridge
Dendrortyx leucophrys
Spotted Barbtail
Premnoplex brunnescens
Hairy Woodpecker
Dryobates villosus
Spotted Wood-Quail
Odontophorus guttatus
Sooty-capped Chlorospingus
Chlorospingus pileatus
Golden-bellied Flycatcher
Myiodynastes hemichrysus
Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush
Catharus aurantiirostris
Scaly-breasted Hummingbird
Phaeochroa cuvierii
Rufous-collared Sparrow
Zonotrichia capensis
Smoky-brown Woodpecker
Dryobates fumigatus
Purple-crowned Fairy
Heliothryx barroti
Common Chlorospingus
Chlorospingus flavopectus
Slaty Flowerpiercer
Diglossa plumbea
Louisiana Waterthrush
Parkesia motacilla
Yellow-bellied Seedeater
Sporophila nigricollis
Summer Tanager
Piranga rubra
Gray-headed Chachalaca
Ortalis cinereiceps
Rose-throated Becard
Pachyramphus aglaiae
Sooty Thrush
Turdus nigrescens
Black-throated Green Warbler
Setophaga virens
White-winged Tanager
Piranga leucoptera
Streaked Xenops
Xenops rutilans
Great Crested Flycatcher
Myiarchus crinitus
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Setophaga pensylvanica
Merlin
Falco columbarius
Isthmian Wren
Cantorchilus elutus
Gartered Trogon
Trogon caligatus
Scaly-throated Foliage-gleaner
Anabacerthia variegaticeps
Long-billed Hermit
Phaethornis longirostris
Ochraceous Pewee
Contopus ochraceus
Crested Caracara
Caracara plancus
Spot-fronted Swift
Cypseloides cherriei
Buff-fronted Foliage-gleaner
Dendroma rufa
Black-and-yellow Silky-flycatcher
Phainoptila melanoxantha
Black-billed Cuckoo
Coccyzus erythropthalmus
Tropical Screech-Owl
Megascops choliba
Green Shrike-Vireo
Vireolanius pulchellus
Streak-headed Woodcreeper
Lepidocolaptes souleyetii
Squirrel Cuckoo
Piaya cayana
Snowy-bellied Hummingbird
Saucerottia edward
Flame-colored Tanager
Piranga bidentata
Black Guan
Chamaepetes unicolor
Costa Rican Swift
Chaetura fumosa
Peg-billed Finch
Acanthidops bairdi
Bicolored Hawk
Accipiter bicolor
Eye-ringed Flatbill
Rhynchocyclus brevirostris
Black Phoebe
Sayornis nigricans
Golden-olive Woodpecker
Colaptes rubiginosus
Blue-black Grassquit
Volatinia jacarina
White-ruffed Manakin
Corapipo altera
Black-and-white Becard
Pachyramphus albogriseus
Slaty-backed Nightingale-Thrush
Catharus fuscater
Short-billed Pigeon
Patagioenas nigrirostris
Yellow-throated Vireo
Vireo flavifrons
Barred Parakeet
Bolborhynchus lineola
Chiriqui Foliage-gleaner
Automolus exsertus
Scarlet Tanager
Piranga olivacea
Spangle-cheeked Tanager
Tangara dowii
Bare-shanked Screech-Owl
Megascops clarkii
Talamanca Hummingbird
Eugenes spectabilis
Western Wood-Pewee
Contopus sordidulus
Western Cattle Egret
Ardea ibis
Black-faced Solitaire
Myadestes melanops
Golden-hooded Tanager
Stilpnia larvata
Yellowish Flycatcher
Empidonax flavescens
Collared Trogon
Trogon collaris
Tropical Kingbird
Tyrannus melancholicus
Short-tailed Hawk
Buteo brachyurus
Spot-crowned Woodcreeper
Lepidocolaptes affinis
Brown Jay
Psilorhinus morio
Chestnut-headed Oropendola
Psarocolius wagleri
Scaled Antpitta
Grallaria guatimalensis
Piratic Flycatcher
Legatus leucophaius
Costa Rican Brushfinch
Arremon costaricensis
Scale-crested Pygmy-Tyrant
Lophotriccus pileatus
Indigo Bunting
Passerina cyanea
Torrent Tyrannulet
Serpophaga cinerea
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rustica
White-naped Brushfinch
Atlapetes albinucha
Highland Tinamou
Nothocercus bonapartei
Olivaceous Piculet
Picumnus olivaceus
Magnolia Warbler
Setophaga magnolia
Gray-breasted Martin
Progne chalybea
White-collared Swift
Streptoprocne zonaris
Spotted Sandpiper
Actitis macularius
Vaux's Swift
Chaetura vauxi
Swallow-tailed Kite
Elanoides forficatus
Long-tailed Silky-flycatcher
Ptiliogonys caudatus
Red-tailed Hawk
Buteo jamaicensis
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Pheucticus ludovicianus
Yellow-winged Vireo
Vireo carmioli
Common Pauraque
Nyctidromus albicollis
Barred Forest-Falcon
Micrastur ruficollis
Wrenthrush
Zeledonia coronata
Philadelphia Vireo
Vireo philadelphicus
Barred Hawk
Morphnarchus princeps
Worm-eating Warbler
Helmitheros vermivorum
Chestnut-capped Brushfinch
Arremon brunneinucha
White-shouldered Tanager
Loriotus luctuosus
Long-billed Starthroat
Heliomaster longirostris
Black-billed Nightingale-Thrush
Catharus gracilirostris
Costa Rican Pygmy-Owl
Glaucidium costaricanum
Bat Falcon
Falco rufigularis
What's Included
Entrance fee to Cloudbridge Nature Reserve Professional Bilingual local guide Use of professional spotting scope during the tour
Not Included
Transportation to the reserve Snacks and drinking water Personal gear (rain ponchos, hiking shoes or flashlights)
Meeting Point
We will meet directly at the Cloudbridge Nature Reserve Welcome Center. Upon arrival, please check in at the reception desk, where your professional guide will be waiting for you. We highly recommend arriving 10 to 15 minutes before your scheduled tour time.
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$150.00
includes all fees